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L.A. Drama Critics Circle announces its award nominees

January 25, 2011 | 9:37
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The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced its nominations for the 2010 season on Tuesday. Leading the pack is the Antaeus Company's production of Shakespeare's "King Lear" with five nominations. Following up with four nominations each are Rogue Machine's "Four Places," Actors Co-op's "Wit," the Theatre @ Boston Court's "The Twentieth Century Way" and the Fountain Theatre's "Opus" and "The Ballad of Emmett Till."

This year's ceremony is scheduled to take place March 14 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, where it was held last year. Founded in 1969, the organization's voting members include theater reviewers from around Southern California, including two regular contributors to the Los Angeles Times -- F. Kathleen Foley and David C. Nichols.

Among the notable nominees this year are Ed Harris for Neil LaBute's "Wrecks" at the Geffen Playhouse, Chris Pine in Martin McDonagh's "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" at the Mark Taper Forum and Lin-Manuel Miranda for his score to "In the Heights" at the Pantages Theatre. (Miranda is the sole nominee in his category and is therefore the winner.)

Here is the full list of nominees for the L.A. Drama Critics Circle awards...

Featured performance Eileen Galindo as Matilde in "The Clean House," International City TheatreGregory Itzin as the Earl of Kent in "King Lear"Matthew Scott Montgomery as Kendall Parker in "Yellow"Agatha Nowicki as Susie in "Parasite Drag," Elephant Theatre CompanyAlan Rosenberg as the Director of the World Bank in "Influence," Katselas Theatre CompanyEdward Tournier as Gash in "Futura," the Theatre @ Boston CourtTime Winters as Smythic in "The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder," the Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company

SpecialtyChris Bell for special effects, "Absinthe, Opium and Magic," the Grand Guignolers (award recipient)Matthew W. Mungle and Waldo Warshaw for special effects and prosthetic effects, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" (award recipients)